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Now that the Jumble’s solved

Ken Paulman

In a way, we knew it was coming. The New York Times crossword puzzle gets progressively more difficult through the week, so the increased outrage from puzzle fans today shouldn’t come as much of a surprise. Many of our readers find the new puzzle too difficult, and as such, not very much fun.

Problem is, a lot of other readers like the tougher crossword puzzle, so we can’t just change it. To keep everybody happy, we’re looking for an easier crossword puzzle that we can run in addition to the Times puzzle, hopefully in the same section.

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